Vines, Sydney Howard, 1849-1934

Vines was a fellow and Lecturer in Botany at Christ's College, Cambridge, until his appointment in 1888 as the Sherardian Professor of Botany, Magdalen College, Oxford. He retired from Oxford in 1919.

From the description of [Letter, 19]17 Feb. 23, Botanic Garden, Oxford [to] Mr. Thompson / S. H. Vines. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 464262709

Sydney Howard Vines (1849-1934), botanist, was born in Hackney on 31 December 1849, and educated privately and at Guy's Hospital (B.Sc., London, 1873). He entered Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1872 (B.A., 1876; M.A., 1879), where he was Fellow and lecturer, 1876-1888. Vines was University Reader in Botany at Cambridge, 1884-1888, and Sherardian Professor and Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1888-1919. He edited Annals of botany, 1887-1899. He died at Exmouth on 4 April 1934.

From the guide to the Sydney Vines: Letters to him, 1873-1986, (Cambridge University Library, Department of Manuscripts and University Archives)